DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 March 1926, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[by telegraph—rEß press association.]

NAPIER WOOL SALE. NAPIER. March 19. The last wool sale opened this morning with a full bench of buyers. Bidding was apathetic in striking contrast to the February sale. The wool was heavy conditioned and rough, but prices were firm on the last Napier sale, and at par with recent sales. Just on 1-5,00(1 bales were allocated for disposal. Bradford and the Continent arc providing only desultory competition.

MASTER CRIMINAL. AUCKLAND, March 18

At the Police Court. I.es Sylvester Hannan. 25, and George Allen, 26, were charged with theft from the Commercial Hotel. Hannan was further charged with wilful damage, by using explosives on Rosenfield and Coy's safe. Allen was described by the Chief Detective as a master criminal, with a bad list. He could handle explosives and was an organiser of crime. Mr Hunt. S.M. sentenced Allen to six months’ imprisonment and two years’ reformatory and Hannan to six months’ and one year reformatory.

LORRY DRIVER FINED. AY ELLINGTON. March 10.

TVodethero Garlics, who was found with another man by a constable, drinking beer alongside a lorry and who denied any connection with tho vehicle but later tried to drive it. away, was convicted of being in charge of it while drunk. Garbos was lined .215 and bis license cancelled for one year. NEW ZEALANDERS FIRST. OVERLOOKING BY AUTHORITIES. AUCKLAND, March 19. A meeting of the New Zealand Natives’ Association resolved that a deputation interview the Premier with regard to the loose system of immigrants’ nomination, of the apparent lack of Government control over the guarantors, the apparent lack of proper selection in England, the injustice to immigrants nominated for casual short duration work, the injustice to New Zealanders being replaced by the newcomers and by t lit* appoint incut of outsiders for important Government and Municipal positions while competent men were available in the Domic ion. PE I EMINS lOX REFUSED. AUCKLAND, March lit. The City Council declined to grant permision to the Communist Party to speak in tho Civic Square on Sunday evenings, only Blood worth, Entrican and IViglan. voting to the contrary, explaining they had nothing to do with the party in question, hut simply wanting to give the right of free speech. YACHTING. AUCKLAND, March ID. In the course of a. discussion at the Audit Association’s meeting, the opinion was expressed that, the Sanders Cup contest had show n l lie Rona type was of much superior design and that only such boats should be allowed to take part in the contest-.

APPEAL DISMISSED. AY ELLINGTON, March 19. The Appeal Court- to-day had before it the appeal of Ahraltam AA'alley Mainlined iSalamau, <> I Auckland, herb specialist, against Dr. Chesson of Auek. land, health ollicor, and .Air Poynton, S.M. The appellant has figured in proceedings to secure the custody of Ids child in which he was successful, and last year had damages awarded against him over the death ot a Maori woman patient. The present case arose out of a conviction Miy the S.M., on three charges of pretending to he a doctor, and in addition there was a mistake in entering up the record book. The appeal against this was dismissed by Judge A 1 pel's, and the defendant now appealed to the Superior Court. The Court dismissed tho ease with costs on tile lowest scale as troni a distance.